Pacific Islander Young Professional (Reef Fisheries Science)
• Pacific Islander Young Professional (Reef Fisheries Science)
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Previous applicants will be considered and need not re-apply
BACKGROUND
The Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC) is an international organisation that provides technical and policy advice and assistance, training and research services to its Pacific Island members. SPC works in a wide range of sectors with the aim of achieving three development outcomes – sustainable economic development, sustainable natural resource management and development, and sustainable human and social development.
SPC was established in 1947. It has 26 member countries and territories and its working languages are English and French. SPC’s headquarters are in Noumea, New Caledonia. It has regional offices in Suva, Fiji, and Pohnpei, Federated States of Micronesia (FSM), and country offices in Honiara, Solomon Islands and Port Vila, Vanuatu. Additional information on SPC, particularly regarding its work in specific sectors, can be found on its website: www.spc.int.
FISHERIES AQUACULTURE AND MARINE ECOSYSTEMS DIVISION
SPC's Coastal Fisheries Programme (CFP) is one of two programmes that make up the Division of Fisheries, Aquaculture and Marine Ecosystems (FAME). The CFP helps to develop the capacities of member Pacific Island countries and territories to assess, harvest, develop, manage and conserve their marine resources through advice and training by skilled fishers, post-harvest specialists, scientists, managers, aquaculture specialists and planners. CFP supports the sustainable development of the region’s fisheries at the artisanal and small- and medium-scale commercial levels through the provision of assessment, development and management advice, technical assistance, and vocational and scientific training at national and regional levels, as well as the dissemination of relevant information.
The Coastal Fisheries Science and Management Section is one of three sections that make up CFP. The section currently has seven professional and three young professional staff and a project administrator. The main objective of the section is to assist governments and administrations in the development of scientifically informed and socially achievable coastal fisheries management policies and systems.
The Pacific Islander Young Professional (Reef Fisheries Science) will provide technical input in the establishment of pilot sites and the resource monitoring protocols needed for these as part of the ‘Monitoring the vulnerability and adaptation of coastal fisheries to climate change’ project (part two). The project will design and field test monitoring systems and tools, and collect baseline data, to determine whether changes are occurring in the productivity of coastal fisheries. It will identify the extent to which any such changes are due to climate, as opposed to other pressures on these resources, particularly overfishing and habitat degradation from poor management of catchments. The Pacific Islander Young Professional (Reef Fisheries Science) will be responsible to the Coastal Fisheries Science and Management Adviser through the Fisheries Scientist (Climate Change) and work closely with the CFP Manager and other sections of CFP.
ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
The position of Pacific Islander Young Professional (Reef Fisheries Science) encompasses the following major functions or key result areas:
assisting with section administrative and communication duties;
assessing the status of coastal living marine resources to inform management; and
providing practical assistance to SPC member countries and territories in the design of appropriate awareness raising and educational information.
More specifically, the responsibilities of the position include assisting the Fisheries Scientist (Climate Change) in:
undertaking resource surveys with local staff in country;
ensuring functional monitoring programmes are established with local staff in country taking ownership and conducting the monitoring programme themselves;
providing training for local staff in monitoring, data collection, and entry of data into a database, ensuring they are competent in all areas after the training; and
providing sound scientific advice based on the best available data for management purposes.
QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE
The successful applicant will be someone who has considerable initiative, is accustomed to working in new situations and countries, and is comfortable collaborating with people at all levels of Pacific Island societies (from community members to government technical staff). Applicants are required to address each of the selection criteria below in their application.
Essential
1. Applicants must be Pacific Islanders and employed in a Pacific Island fisheries or conservation / environment department or a recognised NGO working in the field of coastal fisheries science or monitoring in a Pacific Island country. Applicants must attach to their application a signed letter from their employer stating that the employer agrees to release the applicant for the 12-month attachment and that the position will be held for the applicant to return to at the end of the attachment.
2. University degree or equivalent in a discipline relevant to reef fisheries assessment (finfish and/or invertebrates).
3. Current open water scuba diving certificate and medically fit and able to dive in a range of environments.
4. At least 3 years of direct relevant experience in Pacific Island fisheries, particularly applied field research on finfish and/or invertebrates.
5. Demonstrated experience in undertaking underwater visual census surveys for finfish and/or invertebrates.
6. Understanding of current Pacific Islands regional coastal fisheries management and science issues, and experience of working with gender issues relating to fisheries.
7. Excellent communication skills (oral and written).
8. Excellent interpersonal skills, ability to work in a team as well as undertake unsupervised work, and negotiate with people from different ethnic, cultural and educational backgrounds.
9. Experience working with Windows-based systems, Microsoft Word and Excel software, and data entry software.
10. Willingness to travel and undertake overseas assignments in SPC member countries, sometimes under difficult physical conditions.
Desirable
1. Prior experience or involvement with socio-economic survey work.
SALARY, TERMS AND CONDITIONS
Please note that SPC will treat the appointee as a single person for the duration of the contract. Appointees may of course bring their families with them, but all extra costs of travel, insurance, education, housing and other additional expense will be their own responsibility.
SALARY AND ALLOWANCES
The position is in Band 8 of SPC’s salary scale.
Salaries for staff recruited internationally are set in SDR (special drawing rights) and paid in the local currency (i.e. French Pacific Franc, XPF, in New Caledonia). As per SPC’s 2012 salary scale, the salary for this attachment position is SDR 2,521 per month. At prevailing exchange rates this amount converts into approximately XPF 341,201 per month (around USD 3,700 or EUR 2,800).
The organisation subsidises housing. An SPC-owned or SPC-rented house or flat will be made available, with the staff member contributing 25 per cent of the normal rental.
SPC emoluments are not subject to income tax in New Caledonia at the present time.
TENURE
The appointment will be for one year only, and is not subject to renewal. The start date will be as soon as is practicable in 2012.
DUTY STATION
Noumea, New Caledonia.
LEAVE
Annual leave will accrue at the rate of 25 working days per annum.
Sick leave is 30 working days per annum.
MEDICAL BENEFITS
SPC’s Staff Medical Insurance reimburses doctors’ fees, cost of prescribed medicines, surgical and hospital costs, and other expenses up to certain percentages and limits. Supplementary medical insurance is available to increase these percentage reimbursements and limits.
PROVIDENT FUND
The appointee will be eligible for membership in SPC’s Staff Provident Fund. Staff members contribute 8 per cent of their base salary, to which SPC adds a matching contribution.
FARES AND REMOVAL EXPENSES
For an appointee recruited outside New Caledonia, airfares by the most direct and/or economic route for the appointee only, as well as the cost of up to 36 kg of cargo or unaccompanied baggage will be met on appointment and termination.
COMPUTING ENVIRONMENT
SPC has a standardised computing environment based on Microsoft Office running under Microsoft Windows.
SMOKE-FREE ENVIRONMENT
Smoking is not permitted in the workplace.
EQUAL OPPORTUNITY
SPC is an equal opportunity employer. Recruitment to SPC staff vacancies is based entirely on merit, but if two short-listed candidates are judged to be equally qualified, preference will be given to Pacific Island nationals.
APPLICATION PROCEDURES
The closing date for applications is 11 June 2012.
Applicants are asked to use SPC’s online recruitment system by following the link http://www.spc.int/job.html.
Applicants who cannot access the online recruitment system may send their documents to: Director-General, Secretariat of the Pacific Community, P.O. Box D5, 98848 NOUMEA CEDEX, New Caledonia or submit them by fax (+687 26 38 18) or email
spc@spc.int
preferably as an electronic attachment in Microsoft Word format
Applicants should provide their curriculum vitae and specifically address how their qualifications, knowledge and experience demonstrate their ability to successfully undertake the duties and responsibilities of the position in their cover letter. They should also provide names and contact details of three referees.
(RE-ADVERTISEMENT)
Previous applicants will be considered and need not re-apply
BACKGROUND
The Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC) is an international organisation that provides technical and policy advice and assistance, training and research services to its Pacific Island members. SPC works in a wide range of sectors with the aim of achieving three development outcomes – sustainable economic development, sustainable natural resource management and development, and sustainable human and social development.
SPC was established in 1947. It has 26 member countries and territories and its working languages are English and French. SPC’s headquarters are in Noumea, New Caledonia. It has regional offices in Suva, Fiji, and Pohnpei, Federated States of Micronesia (FSM), and country offices in Honiara, Solomon Islands and Port Vila, Vanuatu. Additional information on SPC, particularly regarding its work in specific sectors, can be found on its website: www.spc.int.
FISHERIES AQUACULTURE AND MARINE ECOSYSTEMS DIVISION
SPC's Coastal Fisheries Programme (CFP) is one of two programmes that make up the Division of Fisheries, Aquaculture and Marine Ecosystems (FAME). The CFP helps to develop the capacities of member Pacific Island countries and territories to assess, harvest, develop, manage and conserve their marine resources through advice and training by skilled fishers, post-harvest specialists, scientists, managers, aquaculture specialists and planners. CFP supports the sustainable development of the region’s fisheries at the artisanal and small- and medium-scale commercial levels through the provision of assessment, development and management advice, technical assistance, and vocational and scientific training at national and regional levels, as well as the dissemination of relevant information.
The Coastal Fisheries Science and Management Section is one of three sections that make up CFP. The section currently has seven professional and three young professional staff and a project administrator. The main objective of the section is to assist governments and administrations in the development of scientifically informed and socially achievable coastal fisheries management policies and systems.
The Pacific Islander Young Professional (Reef Fisheries Science) will provide technical input in the establishment of pilot sites and the resource monitoring protocols needed for these as part of the ‘Monitoring the vulnerability and adaptation of coastal fisheries to climate change’ project (part two). The project will design and field test monitoring systems and tools, and collect baseline data, to determine whether changes are occurring in the productivity of coastal fisheries. It will identify the extent to which any such changes are due to climate, as opposed to other pressures on these resources, particularly overfishing and habitat degradation from poor management of catchments. The Pacific Islander Young Professional (Reef Fisheries Science) will be responsible to the Coastal Fisheries Science and Management Adviser through the Fisheries Scientist (Climate Change) and work closely with the CFP Manager and other sections of CFP.
ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
The position of Pacific Islander Young Professional (Reef Fisheries Science) encompasses the following major functions or key result areas:
assisting with section administrative and communication duties;
assessing the status of coastal living marine resources to inform management; and
providing practical assistance to SPC member countries and territories in the design of appropriate awareness raising and educational information.
More specifically, the responsibilities of the position include assisting the Fisheries Scientist (Climate Change) in:
undertaking resource surveys with local staff in country;
ensuring functional monitoring programmes are established with local staff in country taking ownership and conducting the monitoring programme themselves;
providing training for local staff in monitoring, data collection, and entry of data into a database, ensuring they are competent in all areas after the training; and
providing sound scientific advice based on the best available data for management purposes.
QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE
The successful applicant will be someone who has considerable initiative, is accustomed to working in new situations and countries, and is comfortable collaborating with people at all levels of Pacific Island societies (from community members to government technical staff). Applicants are required to address each of the selection criteria below in their application.
Essential
1. Applicants must be Pacific Islanders and employed in a Pacific Island fisheries or conservation / environment department or a recognised NGO working in the field of coastal fisheries science or monitoring in a Pacific Island country. Applicants must attach to their application a signed letter from their employer stating that the employer agrees to release the applicant for the 12-month attachment and that the position will be held for the applicant to return to at the end of the attachment.
2. University degree or equivalent in a discipline relevant to reef fisheries assessment (finfish and/or invertebrates).
3. Current open water scuba diving certificate and medically fit and able to dive in a range of environments.
4. At least 3 years of direct relevant experience in Pacific Island fisheries, particularly applied field research on finfish and/or invertebrates.
5. Demonstrated experience in undertaking underwater visual census surveys for finfish and/or invertebrates.
6. Understanding of current Pacific Islands regional coastal fisheries management and science issues, and experience of working with gender issues relating to fisheries.
7. Excellent communication skills (oral and written).
8. Excellent interpersonal skills, ability to work in a team as well as undertake unsupervised work, and negotiate with people from different ethnic, cultural and educational backgrounds.
9. Experience working with Windows-based systems, Microsoft Word and Excel software, and data entry software.
10. Willingness to travel and undertake overseas assignments in SPC member countries, sometimes under difficult physical conditions.
Desirable
1. Prior experience or involvement with socio-economic survey work.
SALARY, TERMS AND CONDITIONS
Please note that SPC will treat the appointee as a single person for the duration of the contract. Appointees may of course bring their families with them, but all extra costs of travel, insurance, education, housing and other additional expense will be their own responsibility.
SALARY AND ALLOWANCES
The position is in Band 8 of SPC’s salary scale.
Salaries for staff recruited internationally are set in SDR (special drawing rights) and paid in the local currency (i.e. French Pacific Franc, XPF, in New Caledonia). As per SPC’s 2012 salary scale, the salary for this attachment position is SDR 2,521 per month. At prevailing exchange rates this amount converts into approximately XPF 341,201 per month (around USD 3,700 or EUR 2,800).
The organisation subsidises housing. An SPC-owned or SPC-rented house or flat will be made available, with the staff member contributing 25 per cent of the normal rental.
SPC emoluments are not subject to income tax in New Caledonia at the present time.
TENURE
The appointment will be for one year only, and is not subject to renewal. The start date will be as soon as is practicable in 2012.
DUTY STATION
Noumea, New Caledonia.
LEAVE
Annual leave will accrue at the rate of 25 working days per annum.
Sick leave is 30 working days per annum.
MEDICAL BENEFITS
SPC’s Staff Medical Insurance reimburses doctors’ fees, cost of prescribed medicines, surgical and hospital costs, and other expenses up to certain percentages and limits. Supplementary medical insurance is available to increase these percentage reimbursements and limits.
PROVIDENT FUND
The appointee will be eligible for membership in SPC’s Staff Provident Fund. Staff members contribute 8 per cent of their base salary, to which SPC adds a matching contribution.
FARES AND REMOVAL EXPENSES
For an appointee recruited outside New Caledonia, airfares by the most direct and/or economic route for the appointee only, as well as the cost of up to 36 kg of cargo or unaccompanied baggage will be met on appointment and termination.
COMPUTING ENVIRONMENT
SPC has a standardised computing environment based on Microsoft Office running under Microsoft Windows.
SMOKE-FREE ENVIRONMENT
Smoking is not permitted in the workplace.
EQUAL OPPORTUNITY
SPC is an equal opportunity employer. Recruitment to SPC staff vacancies is based entirely on merit, but if two short-listed candidates are judged to be equally qualified, preference will be given to Pacific Island nationals.
APPLICATION PROCEDURES
The closing date for applications is 11 June 2012.
Applicants are asked to use SPC’s online recruitment system by following the link http://www.spc.int/job.html.
Applicants who cannot access the online recruitment system may send their documents to: Director-General, Secretariat of the Pacific Community, P.O. Box D5, 98848 NOUMEA CEDEX, New Caledonia or submit them by fax (+687 26 38 18) or email
spc@spc.int
preferably as an electronic attachment in Microsoft Word format
Applicants should provide their curriculum vitae and specifically address how their qualifications, knowledge and experience demonstrate their ability to successfully undertake the duties and responsibilities of the position in their cover letter. They should also provide names and contact details of three referees.
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